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Community Partners: Create an Ongoing Opportunity

If you are interested in partnering with us to develop a longer term (semester or year-long) opportunity or program where volunteers would commit to attending multiple events on a regular basis (i.e. weekly) please contact us directly to arrange a meeting to discuss your concept and how we can best support it on campus. We currently support two ongoing service opportunities and are interested in expanding this number by adding programs in the areas of public health, hunger and homelessness, civic engagement, and/or sustainability. Below are the descriptions of our two current ongoing service opportunities.

Mentors are role models. Mentors do not act primarily as teachers, parents, coaches, or friends. Though they may take on different aspects of these roles at times, their primary job is to support and guide young people and to provide them with a positive perspective on life. Mentors are usually matched in September and meet with their mentee once a week for the rest of the academic year. Studies show that mentoring relationships that last 6 months or longer are far more likely to have positive impacts.

Springfield District 186 AVID Tutoring Program

Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) tutors are college students who receive training in methodologies used in AVID. They are in the classroom every Tuesday and Thursday to serve as models and to help students achieve success in rigorous classes. They are trained not to give students the answers, but rather to guide them toward answers. They may even ask permission to “shadow” students in their classes to help them learn how to take notes more effectively.